Paul's Fatherly Concern

Paul’s Fatherly Concern
Thessalonians 2.9-12

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Paul’s missionary work is that when he arrived in a new town the people there had quite literally never seen anything of the sort before. They had seen other travelling teachers, but none like this. They knew of religious leaders; they knew of ethnic groups (such as the Jews) who had their own religion and sometimes welcomed outsiders; but none of them had behaved as Paul did. They had no idea that this sort of lifestyle was possible, let alone desirable...

Taken from Paul for Everyone Galatians and Thessalonians – by Tom Wright